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Democrats won't see Trump tax returns - White House
Date: 2019-04-07 19:34:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7886481
WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - Several Republicans and close aides to US President Donald Trump spent Sunday morning ridiculing House Democrats' repeated requests to see the president's tax returns, with one senator dubbing the demand "moronic" and ....
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Tech giants face UK ban over over terror, abuse videos
Date: 2019-04-07 19:23:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:7886426
LONDON, April 7 (MENA) - Social media firms could be banned from the UK if they fail to stop users viewing or sharing terrorist content and combating child sex abuse under new duty of care laws to be unveiled on Monday. UK home secretary Sajid ....
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Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 847
Date: 2019-04-07 18:19:06 GMT - Mozambique - World - SN:77 - ID:7886419
MAPUTO, April 7 (MENA) - Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, Euronews reported. As of Sunday, at least 847 people had been reported killed by the ....
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Pakistan warns India against 'misadventure'
Date: 2019-04-07 18:16:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:75 - ID:7886348
ISLAMABAD, April 7 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Office summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner and handed him a demarche to convey Islamabad's objections. "India has been strongly warned by Pakistan in case of any planned misadventure", the ....
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Attaining universal health coverage is possible - WHO
Date: 2019-04-07 13:47:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:53 - ID:7885685
GENEVA, April 7 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom asserted that all countries have committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. To meet that target, we need to see 1 billion people ....
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Plane evacuated at Moscow’s airport after bomb threat
Date: 2019-04-06 18:53:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7884913
MOSCOW, April 6 (MENA) - The passengers of a plane on the tarmac of Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Saturday were evacuated in response to a bomb threat on the plane which was bound for Tokyo, an air source told TASS. "The Moscow-Tokyo flight was ....
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3 dead in blast at Iranian military shipyard
Date: 2019-04-06 17:39:01 GMT - Iran - World - SN:51 - ID:7884471
TEHRAN, April 6 (MENA) - A submarine battery exploded at an Iranian military shipyard on Saturday, killing three workers, The New York Times cited the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) TV news channel as saying. "Three Defense Ministry ....
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Three Afghan killed, 19 injured in Jalalabad explosion
Date: 2019-04-06 08:59:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7883877
KABUL, April 6 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and 19 others were wounded on Saturday when twin explosions hit Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani ....
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2 Afghan soldiers wounded in Nangarhar explosion
Date: 2019-04-06 07:43:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7883787
KABUL, April 6 (MENA) - Two Afghan soldiers affiliated with the border troops were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the ....
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US Congress to sue Trump over Border Wall funds
Date: 2019-04-06 07:31:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7883732
WASHINGTON, April 6 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will sue to prevent what they say is President Donald Trump’s “stealing” of billions of dollars from federal programs and diverting it to building barriers along the US-Mexico ....